The Etherboot Project is taking part in [[http://socghop.appspot.com/|Google Summer of

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==== LinuxCon 2009, Portland Oregon ====

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We presented a [[http://​linuxcon.linuxfoundation.org/​meetings/​1606|talk]] on Monday, September 21, 2009 at the first annual [[http://​events.linuxfoundation.org/​events/​linuxcon|LinuxCon]] in Portland, Oregon.

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We encourage students to consider or propose GSoC project ideas and get in touch with us:

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Our talk included an example of various network booting methods, with live demonstration. Over 30 people attended our session ​and we very well received.

Marty Connor, Michael Brown, and H. Peter Anvin gave a Google Tech talk recently at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. We highlighted the new features of gPXE, PXELINUX, and how we have advanced the state of the art in network booting.

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A changelog since 1.0.0 is available [[http://​git.etherboot.org/?​p=gpxe.git;​a=tag;​h=b6fee7069ca9e79c44f47bef2d8e315f2ed4266d|here]].

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**Video of the talk is available [[http://video.google.com/​videoplay?​docid=1911723796712805715|here]].**

The Etherboot project will be exhibiting once again at [[http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/|LinuxWorld Expo]] in San Francisco from August 5-7. We will also be presenting a tutorial on the morning of Monday August 4th, on the topic of "​Virtualization of the Boot Process Using Open Source Software"​.

variables: "​netX"​ for last opened netdev and "​netX/​busid"​ for network device

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bus ID. New special image types: .hrom and .xrom to work around BIOS

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--- //​[[mdc@etherboot.org|Marty Connor]] 2010/​02/​10//​

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==== LinuxWorld Expo 2007, San Francisco ====

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The Etherboot project will be present at [[http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO07A|LinuxWorld Expo]] in San Francisco from August 7-9. We will be demonstrating all our exciting new features to passers-by, and giving a talk on New Developments in FOSS Network Booting.

We presented a [[http://linuxcon.linuxfoundation.org/​meetings/​1606|talk]] on Monday, September 21, 2009 at the first annual [[http://​events.linuxfoundation.org/​events/​linuxcon|LinuxCon]] in Portland, Oregon.

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We had an excellent show, with demos of iSCSI-bootable Windows Server 2003 and Ubuntu Linux, AoE-bootable Windows XP, and HTTP booting. (For light relief, we also demonstrated iSCSI-booting into Windows 3.11, FreeDOS, ​and MS-DOS 6.22, including running the DOS version of DOOM.)

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Our talk included ​an example ​of various network ​booting ​methods, with live demonstration. Over 30 people attended our session ​and we very well received.

Traffic ​at the booth was brisk, and we met a lot of new people who are interested ​in our technology.

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Marty Connor, Michael Brown, and H. Peter Anvin gave a Google Tech talk recently ​at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. ​ We highlighted ​the new features of gPXE, PXELINUX, and how we have advanced the state of the art in network booting.

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**Update**

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**Video of the talk is available [[http://​video.google.com/​videoplay?​docid=1911723796712805715|here]].**

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Please note that some of the code for iSCSI booting of Windows has been temporarily taken out of the gPXE codebase at the request of Microsoft Corporation. One necessary part for iSCSI boot in Windows is the iBFT data structure which Microsoft claims is proprietary at this time.

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--- //[[mdc@etherboot.org|Marty Connor]] 2008/​09/​26//​

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**Update 13 March 2007**

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Microsoft has released an iBFT specifications document which requires agreeing to a Microsoft License Agreement to download. ​We have asked the [[http://​softwarefreedom.org|Software Freedom Law Center]] to examine the required license and give us an opinion on whether we can safely release open source code based on the specification.

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**Update 9 August 2007**

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IBM has released the iBFT specification document under GPL-friendly terms. ​ The iBFT code, based on the IBM document, is now back in the codebase. ​ [[:​sanboot|Enjoy!]]